| 单词 | low-water mark |
| 例句 | Only the Dead’s staunchest apologists would argue that its quality hasn’t oscillated wildly over the years, with the limp, flabby middle of last season a particular low-water mark in shambly zombiedom. The Walking Dead season eight, episode one – Mercy 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The low-water mark for the British actually came after the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1815. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z Trump’s attorney, Walter Butler, contested the charges in nine separate appearances at the Coney Island Magistrate’s Court, citing case law suggesting that city land ownership ended at the low-water mark. The Trumpian Origins of New York’s Floating Billboard Problem 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “It certainly is a low-water mark. But two of the next three Olympics are going to be blockbusters for NBC.” Once savvy, NBC’s Olympics deal is shakier after Beijing 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Nine months ago, the Weeknd used a professional high point to herald what may end up the low-water mark of his career. 'The Idol' is hot garbage. Will its stench cling to the Weeknd? 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z And it’s possible this period represents Walker’s low-water mark. Herschel Walker’s Polling Dip 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It looked as though they had crossed the midway point of their schedule by delivering their season’s low-water mark. Clippers overcome 25-point deficit to edge Nuggets, 87-85 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Russia’s parliamentary elections — taking place amid Putin’s withering crackdown on opposition — run Friday to Sunday and, to many Putin opponents, are another low-water mark for Russia’s post-Soviet democracy. Fake candidates and jailed opposition: Russia’s parliamentary elections stack the deck for Putin 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z He’s back at his low-water mark at or just below 40 percent but his opponent is doing what Clinton never could and capitalizing. The bubblicious Trump campaign 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s loss to the St. Louis Cardinals dropped the Washington Nationals five games under .500, matching the low-water mark they reached near the end of April last season, Manager Dave Martinez’s first at the helm. Sean Doolittle says it’s time for Nats to play with ‘a little bit more urgency’ 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z “I hope this is the low-water mark, and not the high-water mark,” said Representative Will Hurd of Texas, one of the few Republicans who have consistently joined Democrats in voting to reopen the government. McConnell and Pelosi Have a Fraught Relationship. The Shutdown Hasn’t Helped. 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The 49 points in a game were a season-low for UConn, below the previous low-water mark of 57 against Michigan State on Nov. 24. Parks, Martin, lead Memphis over UConn 73-49 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The state land extends from the high-water mark to the low-water mark. Ruling says public has right to access Lake Michigan beaches 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The Lakers are in dire need of help and talent after producing a 17-65 record last season, their low-water mark in the franchise’s storied history. Simmons or Ingram? Who is the better fit for Lakers? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “I think we’re at the low-water mark where we are today.” General says troop cuts would leave too few to train Afghans 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z "I think we're at the low-water mark where we are today." Senior US commander in Afghanistan says Obama's plan to cut troop levels would leave too few to train the Afghans 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z This year, since a mid-April low-water mark of 2.84 percent, the yields have climbed to 3.38 percent, or 54 basis points. Bond selloff a wild card that could delay Fed rate hike 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Only 46 percent approve — that's down from 52 percent last month and represents a low-water mark for the president since the Tribune began tracking views on his tenure in the White House. Tribune poll: Rauner, Quinn in dead heat 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Tuesday, the losing pushed them to a new low-water mark at 48-52. Sloppy Nationals fall to Pirates, 5-1, for fifth straight loss 2013-07-24T02:42:49Z That was an adult-beverage zenith for Phils fans, who arrived in buses with suds up to the windows, but a sobering low-water mark for the Nationals. Thomas Boswell: A year later, a total reversal of fortune for the Washington Nationals 2012-08-23T03:34:07Z These cradles were made to travel on a double series of “ways,” each 120 feet in breadth, which were carried to low-water mark. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z I passed many of them scattered about, though a perfect one is rarely found, except on shallow bars beyond low-water mark. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It commenced on the 10th of February and continued until the 21st of that month, having risen to the extraordinary height of 51 feet above low-water mark. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z There were other boats drawn up on the sand and a few moored beyond low-water mark; but their boat was not in sight. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z These Hawks possess too much talent and experience to set the low-water mark of the post-championship era. 2012 has been cruel to Blackhawks 2012-01-09T05:17:00Z We were often at ‘low-water mark’ now in our fortunes; but my dear wife and I never suffered ourselves to sink into low spirits. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z When the tide is completely down a pebbly beach shelves away to low-water mark. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Nowhere on the Cornish coast is there the enormous rise seen at St Malo, where ordinary tides rise from 23 to 26 ft., and spring tides 48 ft. above low-water mark. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Slowly, yet without a hitch, the sunken craft was moved towards the cradle which awaited its burden, till the falling off of the tides found the yawl within ten yards of low-water mark. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z There was still a wide stretch of calm water between the prow of the motor-boat and the low-water mark. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Down at low-water mark the seas came bounding in, driven by the gale, leaping over each other, and beating upon the strand with ceaseless roar. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The low-water mark in artistic illustration was reached perhaps in the early part of this century, and the greatest offender was Turner himself. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Two long and very solid timbers about three feet apart are laid from the boat-house to low-water mark, and between those timbers the boat’s bow must be accurately steered.... The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z FORESHORE, that part of the seashore which lies between high- and low-water mark at ordinary tides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z One of Mr. Allen’s favorites — his and many others’ — is “Moose Murders,” which closed after one performance in 1983 and set what is widely regarded as a low-water mark for the theater arts. NYC: When a Show Goes Down, a Poster Goes Up: Will ?Spider-Man? Join ?Moose Murders?? 2011-02-25T01:08:29Z When the tide is out, I also keep at low-water mark, scrambling over ledges, or delving among the crannies for specimens. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Jump on to that rock before the next wave comes in, and climb on to the reef beyond it and get out to low-water mark. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z The A's have lost five of their last six and are two game under .500, equaling their low-water mark this season. Fukudome's ninth-inning single vaults Cubs to victory 2010-06-17T21:43:00Z It was low-water mark wi' the king's people, and Mr Stuart accompanied him; and need I tell ye, that so did Flora. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Its length is sometimes over two inches, and it is found in large numbers on sandy or shelly beaches, near low-water mark, in the North Island. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The work which came next from Longfellow’s pen has that peculiar value to a biographer which comes from a distinct, unequivocal, low-water mark in the intellectual product with which he has to deal. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The boundary of a natural pond or lake, either in its natural state or raised artificially, is low-water mark. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark.... Thomas Jefferson From the base to the top of the torch is slightly more than 150 feet, which is 305 feet above low-water mark. The Greater Republic A History of the United States During the hot weather of summer, they apparently move to below low-water mark, and remain there in the deeper water until the winter. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them He was, in himself, a marine alphabet and almanack, a tariff and low-water mark, all combined. Toilers of the Sea The first class of evidence is the existence, all round our coasts, of the remains of submarine forests often extending far below the present low-water mark. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras It is about a mile in length, constructed of solid blocks of concrete, averaging twenty-five tons each, and rises upon a firm foundation to a uniform height of fifteen feet above low-water mark. The Pearl of India The close of the eighteenth century was indeed the low-water mark of English religion and morality. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Here was erected a causeway to low-water mark; a flight of steps led to the interior of the inclosure. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Then he crawled among the boulders near low-water mark, and, since oysters are tolerably plentiful along those beaches, succeeded in collecting several dozen of them. The Greater Power It was not until the days of so-called "modern" advertising that coffee publicity reached low-water mark in efficiency and value. All About Coffee I.41 Till the river rises from the extreme low-water mark to the extreme high-water mark. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Having thus gone over, through, and under all impediments, they were informed that they were 120 feet below the level of the sea vertically, and horizontally 480 feet below low-water mark. The Mines and its Wonders In 1909 the low-water mark was reached; the following spring saw a slight revival, and at present the average may be put at three shillings. Change in the Village We have touched low-water mark in the Revolution, and there is nothing worse than this to come. Lectures on the French Revolution "I thought the sea beyond low-water mark was public property." Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good A sea fog here, which prevents one's seeing the low-water mark. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Test each sect by its best or its worst as you will, by its high-water mark of virtue or its low-water mark of vice. The Sympathy of Religions It grows on every rock in Fuegian waters, from low-water mark to a depth of fifty or sixty fathoms, and among the most violent breakers. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure During this period the river varies from twenty-five to forty feet above the low-water mark. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Nevertheless, taking the Moslem world as a whole, religious zeal undoubtedly declined, reaching low-water mark during the eighteenth century. The New World of Islam They are found clinging to the rocks below low-water mark, and are from one to four feet in length. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania My finances were at low-water mark, when I strolled one fine morning into Matanzas, and, after some delay, again obtained command of a slaver, through the secret influence of my old and trusty friends. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within her low-water mark. The Frontier in American History Seaside towns set aside for public use certain reedy lots between salt-marsh and low-water mark, where thatch could be freely cut. Home Life in Colonial Days The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. Union and Democracy He witnessed in his own day the very low-water mark of scepticism, reaching even to the gross atheism of Holbach in the Système de la Nature. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles For one reason or another, rather, for many reasons, education was at a low-water mark in the United States the latter part of the eighteenth and the first part of the nineteenth centuries. On the Firing Line in Education In the fall of the year, this river often rises, almost instantaneously, over fifty feet above low-water mark; a phenomenon supposed to be caused by heavy rains from the upper earth. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The closing years of the eighteenth century show the lowest low-water mark of the lowest ebb-tide of spiritual life in the history of the American church. A History of American Christianity Hanged on November 8th, 1718, at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers When the outlet of the land-drains is below low-water mark, it is of course necessary to pump out the drainage water. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The revenues of the universities reached their low-water mark about 1547, when the total income of Oxford from land was reckoned at L5 and that of Cambridge at L50, per annum. The Age of the Reformation With Richelieu, as with all great men, we do well to ascertain low-water mark, that praise and admiration may not be carried too far. Lectures on Modern history The jetty describes a large curve, and the bend is such that its extremity is parallel to the coast, and 930 yards distant from the low-water mark. Bruges and West Flanders Was hanged at Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8th, 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers It is well to place the mouth of the trunk nearly as low as ordinary low-water mark. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health Consequently, having reached the low-water mark of political fortune, they think they can afford to be a little reckless, and that at the very worst they will be returned in their present numerical proportions. Liberalism and the Social Problem A chamber has been discovered under the centre of the pyramid, but it is about fifty-six feet above the low-water mark of the Nile. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) The tide is slight in those seas, but he waited till it was out, and advanced along the outer shore at low-water mark. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Was hanged at Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8th, 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers At low-water mark there appeared certain dark shapeless lumps, which might be taken for rocks at a distance, but were in fact the roots and stumps of a submerged pine-forest. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth A certain amount of religious excitement created by the popular preaching of Mr. Parry, Amos's predecessor, had nearly died out, and the religious life of Shepperton was falling back towards low-water mark. Scenes of Clerical Life They are the low-water mark, we may hope, of commercialized amusement. Religious Education in the Family Leader or hedge, 400 yards long, all brush except 20 yards next to head, which piece is netting above low-water mark and brush below. The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 Hanged for piracy at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8th, 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers At his instance, the proprietor ran out an extended culvert into the sea beyond low-water mark, a grand engineering work, which remains the one permanent monument of our settlement. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth The low-water mark, since the Civil War, I am sure, is now. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low-water mark. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Hedge 200 feet long, made of stakes driven in mud interwoven with brush to low-water mark, covered with netting beyond. The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8th, 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Perhaps the low-water mark might be fixed at the remembrance that other people have rights and the observance of their claims. The Education of Catholic Girls The idea's first rate—a firm basis of right to reasonable life, and security for every human being as our low-water mark; while, on that foundation, each may lift an edifice according to their power. The Spinners In the latter case it is necessary for boats to be taken in carts over the sands down to low-water mark, before any assistance can be attempted. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Leader 200 feet long; brush from shore to low-water mark; remainder brush at bottom, netting at top. The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 Tried for piracy at Charleston in 1718, and hanged at White Point on November 8th, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers An allusion to the custom of hanging pirates at low-water mark. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Some of the Earl of Gloucester's troops crossed over before the bridge was completed, except for low-water mark, and were surprised and routed, with the loss of their leader and fourteen bannerets, by the Welsh. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) The tide had swept up and ebbed without dislodging it, and now was almost at low-water mark. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Yet we find those curious animals, the sea squirts, found on rocks and stones at low-water mark, manufacturing cellulose to form part and parcel of the outer covering of their sac-like bodies. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 Arrested and tried for piracy, and was hanged in chains at low-water mark at St. Martin's Point, Guernsey, in 1564, at the age of 50. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers There was a private dock running out beyond low-water mark just below the very first bungalow. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper The summer of 1905 was about the low-water mark of provincial Fabianism. The History of the Fabian Society Pirates and robbers by sea are condemned in the Court of the Admiralty, and hanged on the shore at low-water mark, where they are left till three tides have overwashed them. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) I use it simply to illustrate the low-water mark at which the position of woman may rest, in the largest Christian nation of the world. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Hanged at White Point, Charleston, South Carolina, on November 8th, 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The water still gave indications of being higher than low-water mark, although it was falling fast on the Green River. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico When did he ever go down to low-water mark, to make an ousting of tide-waiters? The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style It was like a low-water mark, showing inversely, but in perfect concordance, the rise here, the fall there. The Man Who Laughs Granting that her condition was once at low-water mark, who is authorized to say that it has yet reached high tide? Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Hanged at White Point, Charleston, in 1718, and buried in the marsh below low-water mark. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers He recorded one spot where the high-water mark was 115 feet above the low-water mark. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico He always knew the precise moment, the outmost low-water mark, of a bargain. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Law and order stopped short at low-water mark. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago This plant grows on every rock from low-water mark to a great depth, both on the outer coast and within the channels. The Voyage of the Beagle See, at the extreme low-water mark, where the broad olive fronds of the Laminariae, like fan-palms, droop and wave gracefully in the retiring ripples, a great boulder which will serve our purpose. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore These apparatus are established upon a horizontal surface 25.5 feet above low-water mark so as to give the necessary slope, and at which terminate the tracks. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 The fort at this post stands two hundred feet perpendicular above low-water mark. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing It offered a certain resistance to the current, and on its northern shores the tide rose two feet beyond low-water mark, instead of the twenty we reasonably expected. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude This construction would not be suitable below low-water mark. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns For surf, when eating into land, gnaws to little deeper than low-water mark: no deeper, probably, than the bottoms of the troughs between the waves. At Last The day that France takes possession of New Orleans," said he, "fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 That official's cognisance of such matters extended only to high-water mark when the tide was at flood, or to low-water mark when it was at ebb. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore A canoe might be capsized and sent to the bottom just beneath low-water mark; another might experience a similar fate on the following day, but in the middle of the channel. The Antiquity of Man In addition, concrete blocks were made, allowed to remain in moist sand for three months, and were then placed in the form of a groyne in the sea between high and low-water mark. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns Starting well under low-water mark, the crock digs in the yielding sand, straight into the bank, a roomy subterranean chamber. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations As the whole afternoon would be taken up in floating the boat down to low-water mark, the morning would have to be employed in making whatever arrangements might be necessary. Lost in the Fog The usual high-water mark at Bright Angel Trail is 45 feet higher than the usual low-water mark. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons The influence of the French conqueror never extended beyond low-water mark. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The night was only needed to float the boat down as far as low-water mark. Lost in the Fog |
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